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package java.util;

/**
 * An abstract wrapper class for an EventListener class which associates a set
 * of additional parameters with the listener. Subclasses must provide the
 * storage and accessor methods for the additional arguments or parameters.
 * 
 * Subclasses of EventListerProxy may be returned by getListeners() methods
 * as a way of associating named properties with their listeners.
 *
 * If the calling method is interested in retrieving the named property then it
 * would have to test the element to see if it is a proxy class.
 * 
 * @since 1.4
 */
public abstract class EventListenerProxy implements EventListener {
    private final EventListener listener;

    /**
     * @param listener The listener object.
     */ 
    public EventListenerProxy(EventListener listener) {
        this.listener = listener;
    }

    /**
     * @return The listener associated with this proxy.
     */
    public EventListener getListener() {
        return listener;
    }
}
